Josie

I am an experienced maths tutor, covering everything up to (and including) GCSE maths, as well as adult maths. I work with all ages and ability levels, including dyscalculia and adults. School or home educated, studying towards exams or working to improve maths skills, all students are welcome and supported.

Whether it is rebuilding confidence in learning, revising older topics, catching up or keeping pace with other students, or learning from scratch, having the right tutoring support can make the difference that you need.

My detailed knowledge of the curriculum allows me to support learners both in reminding them of what they have learned in the past, and in moving forward alongside the work that they are currently doing.

The reassurance that a tutor brings is huge, taking the pressure off from having to get it right first time, and allowing the learning process to happen in a more natural, supported way.

Adult learners often have the biggest gaps of all to fill, both in terms of being out of the swing of learning, and recall of things that they learned when they were at school. I can help them to ease back into the mindset required for a successful progression through the maths curriculum, alongside building their confidence in their own abilities and showing them newer, more effective ways of doing maths that were not taught in the past.

I am now working with all students online so they can continue their learning in the safety and comfort of their own homes, with a tutor who understands how to explain things in a way that they can understand, and who can notice and solve problems as they arise.

Availability: Summer intensives available, plus preparation lessons for the autumn term.

Bookings taken for the autumn term.

All lessons are online.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: I have been tutoring maths since 2008, and home educated my two children who gained 16 IGCSes and GCSEs between them. I have tutored many hundreds of students individually, ranging from young primary to adult learners. Many were GCSE students, and I am particularly successful at helping struggling students to gain good passes. I work successfully with a whole range of ability from dyscalculia through to high achievers. I can support school learning, or take home educated students through from no maths at all to examination level. I do not require any prior maths experience from my students. I have taught IGCSE, GCSE, Common Entrance, SATs, adult functional maths, and Common Core (with American students).

I have a thorough understanding of how all the maths topics fit together, and what knowledge is required in order to understand each one. If any of these foundations are missing then inevitably the student will struggle to properly understand whatever follows on, so an important component of my tutoring is to locate and fill in those gaps. My lessons are a combination of helping the student to learn the topic, and ensuring that they are not missing anything fundamental that underpins it. I take care to only build forward in a way that is linked to the student`s individual learning style, and to other things that they already understand, so that the steps are small and incremental. The most frequent comment that I hear is "You make it so easy!"

DBS Check: Yes